Bedstead-hook



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. J. KENNEDY.

BEDSTEAD HOOK.

Patented Feb. 28,1882.

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JACKSON J. KENNEDY, OF CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE.

BEDSTEAD-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 254,335, dated February 28, 1882,

Application filed December 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACKSON J. KENNEDY, of Cleveland, in the county of Bradley and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Bedstead-Hook,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved bed-hook for holding the side rails firmly and rigidly to the bedsteadposts.

The invention consists in a frame provided at one end with hooks and at the opposite end with a flange, which frame is adjustably held to. the inner side of the end of the side rail of a bedstead by a grooved and recessed block or cleat. The hooks of the frame pass into apertures or slots in a socket-plate in the bedstead-leg. By driving a wedge or equivalent in between the flange of the frame and the edge of the holding block or cleat the projections of the hooks from the end of the side rail of the bedstead can be varied.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an inside longitudinal elevation of the end of a bedstead-rail provided with my improved bedstead-hook. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation, partly in section, and showing the rail removed. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionalview of the same on the lineacx, Fig. 2. Fig. A is a perspective view of the block.

A metal frame, A, provided at one end with one or more projecting hooks, B, and at the opposite end with a flange, G,is placed against the inner longitudinal surface of the bedsteadrail 1), at the end of the same, in such a manner that the flange C will project from this inner surface of the rail.

The frame A is held to the rail D by a block or cleat, E, fastened by screws to the inner surface of the rail and provided with transverse grooves on its inner surface for receiving the longitudinal bars F of the frame A. This block or cleat extends from the flange C nearly to the inner end of the hooks B, and at the outer end has a recess, G, uniting the two grooves which receive the bars F. I have shown the hooks B provided with heads H at the ends. I do not, however, limit myself to this construction, but mayuse any suitable kind of hooks.

The bed-post J is provided with avertical recess,K, for receiving the socket-plate L, provided with slots M for the hooks B. If the hooks are provided with heads, as shown, the upper parts of the slots M must be wider than the lower parts, which are to receive the shanksof the hooks, only the heads being within the socket-plate. If the hooks B are passed into the plate L, the rails will be held to the posts J, and the bed-slats can be placed into suitable recesses in these rails in the ordinary manner.

As it is desirable that the end of the rail D shall rest closely against the post or leg J, a wedge can be inserted between the flange O and the edge of the block or cleat E, whereby the distance the hooks project from the end of the rail D will be shortened, for the frame can be moved forward or backward a short distance, the bars F F moving in the grooves in the block or cleat E, and the end piece, F, moving in the recess G in the block or cleat E. I have not shown the wedge, as the same is only to be used for the adjustment of .the hooks, and asa strip of metal, wood, &c., can be inserted between the flange O and the edge of the block or cleat E in place of the wedge.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination,with the side rail, D, of a bedstead, of the frame A, provided with a hook or hooks, B, and of the block or cleat E, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the side rail, D, of a bedstead, of the adjustable frame A, provided with books B, and of the block or cleat E, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the side rail,D,of a bedstead, of the frame A, provided with books B, and with a flange, O, at the opposite end, and of the block or cleat E, substantially as herein shown and described.

at. The combination, with the side rail, D, of a bedstead, of the frame A, provided with books B and a flange, O, and of the cleat or block E, provided with grooves for the 1011- 6. Inabedstead-fastening,theframeA,congitudinal bars F of the frame A, and with a strueted, substantially as sh0wn,with one or recess, G, for the end piece, F, of the frame more hooks, B, at one end and a flange, O, at A, isubstantially as herein shown and dethe opposite end, as set forth.

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5. Thecombination, with the side rail, D,and JACKSON J. KENNEDY.

the post or leg J, of the frame A, provided with hooks B and the flange O, the cleat or Witnesses: block E, and the socket-plate L, substantially R. W. SELVIDGE,

10 as herein shown and described. A. J. WHITE. 

